Comments on: Where is the Nudie Cowen Clip?

By: Taoiseash with no Trousers | Jaedi - Truth or Consequence

Taoiseash with no Trousers | Jaedi - Truth or Consequence — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:12:33 +0000

[...] in – Bertie “Teflon” Ahern wins that honour – I wasn’t impressed by the sudden disappearance from RTÉ’s website of a comical report on a prank portrait of the the Taoiseach. It really [...]

By: cearta.ie » Cowengate: Pictures at an exhibition

cearta.ie » Cowengate: Pictures at an exhibition — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:21:03 +0000

By: Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:11:14 +0000

72 hour news? Christ, Sky will jump all over that idea!

By: Sarah Carey

Sarah Carey — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:20:42 +0000

oh – just changed sides – They got the cops involved. A step tooo far. Good comment too by Eamon Keane on Newstalk. He said his producer said “they just made a 24 hour news story a 48 hour news story”. With the cops we are looking at 72….

By: Veronica

Veronica — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:20:23 +0000

Cheap and Crass i.e. the RTE news package was a bit cheap and they might have handled it better just by dealing with the facts and not embroidering it with the vox pops. A plain facts package would have been funnier and carried a bigger punch because, like it or not, this was a fantastic and brilliantly subversive stunt. The ‘powers that be’ reaction, though, is totally crass. For pity’s sake, who’s advising that man on his communications? Or are our politicians really such delicate petals and so personally vain that they can’t take being lampooned? If so, they’re in the wrong business.

By: Irish Election » The Powers that be Want Action Taken

Irish Election » The Powers that be Want Action Taken — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:05:42 +0000

[...] Where is the Nudie Cowen Clip? [...]

By: Cian

Cian — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:18:57 +0000

No i dont think so Sarah, RTE were not the creators of the painting, they weren’t responsible for its content. That someone broke into a gallery (where valuable art is stored) and hung their own is newsworthy in itself. Having pictures makes it more so for TV. Apologising to the Taoiseach for covering an embarassing story – instigated elsewhere, will the Tribune follow suit? – is a pretty low mark.

By: Sarah Carey

Sarah Carey — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:42:23 +0000

ah, I’m on Cowen’s side on this one. It was pretty mean The photocopies were gratuitous

By: Cian

Cian — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:51:32 +0000

they went ahead with the apology – a complete nonsene. RTE did not perpetrate the act, they reported it.

By: Irish Election » RTE Apologise to Cowen for Nudie Pics Report

Irish Election » RTE Apologise to Cowen for Nudie Pics Report — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:33:10 +0000

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